Oil-can attachment



1932- G. w. RICHBURG 1,871,824

OIL CAN ATTACHMENT Filed Nov. 6, 1931 v 5 ww/wto a 6'. AZ? Bic/azure nagW Patented Aug. 16, 1932 'lli'lil gATES GEORGE w. RICHBURG, ornLLnNviLLE, NEW YORK OIL-CAN ATTACHMENT Application filed. November Thisinvention has for its object the provision of means whereby the cover ofan oil cup may be set in open position and oil supplied to the cup, tofill the same, without re- 5 quiring the operator to apply his fingersto the cover in order to open the same. The invention is illustrated inthe accompanying drawing and will be hereinafter fully set forth anddefined.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is an elevation of an oil-can having the device of my inventionapplied thereto and showing the device in use,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of 15 the oil-can spout with theattachment mounted thereon,

Fig. 3 is a detail section on the line 33 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 1 is a detail showing another manner 20 of using the device.

The oil-can 1 may be of any approved form and is provided with a spout 2in the usual manner. The oil cup 3 is shown mounted upon a bearing 1 andequipped with a cover 5 which is hinged to the cup at one side thereof.The device of my invention embodies a sleeve 6 which may be splitlongitudinally, as shown at 7 in Fig. 3, whereby it may readily conformto and lit tightly upon upper end of the sleeve is provided with twolateral extensions or tongues 9 and 10 Which are arranged diametricallyopposite, as shown. The tongue 9 extends upwardly and outwardly upon aslight simple curve so that its end is approximately at a right angle tothe axis of the sleeve while the tongue 10 is more sharply curved andforms an arc of approximately a semi-circle so that its end extendssomewhat backwardly and approximately parallel with the axis of thesleeve, and the concave or underside of each tongue is ribbed orroughened, as shown at 11, to prevent slipping from an engaged oil-cupcover. The sleeve may be formed in various lengths and diameters so asto conform to all standard oil-can spouts and a short sleeve may befitted to a variety of curved spouts. but the sleeve may be formed on anare so as the spout 2 of the oil-can. The forward or' 6, 1931. SerialNo. 573,461.

so as to be swung toopen position, and the other hand is utilized toplace the oil-can in position to fill the bearing and the cup. Thispractice is obviously objectionable as the fingers are soiled and anyoil which may happen to be lodged upon the fingers will be trans ferrcdto the body of the cup so that, upon a subsequent operation, the cup andthe fingers of the user will both be considerably smeared. With mydevice these conditions are overcome. In some locations of the oil cup,the hooked tongue 10 is engaged with the projecting edge of the cover 5and a slight upward pull exerted thereon so that the cover may be swungto the position shown in Fig. 1, without the user applying his fingersthereto. As the cover is moved to open position, the end of the spout isdirected toward the top of the cup so that the oil may flow directlythereinto. In other cases, the location of the oil cup will prevent theoil-can being manipulated as just described, and the tongue 9 is thenemployed, as shown in Fig. 4, the tongue being engaged under the edge ofthe lid and a push exerted thereon to move it to open position.

The device is exceedingly simple and inexpensive and may be applied tothe spout of any oil-can. It will not add to the weight of the can norinterfere with its use in any way, but will facilitate the applicationof oil to the oil cups and bearings.

Having thus described the invention, I claim,

. 1. An attachment for oil-cans consisting of a sleeve adapted to fitupon the spout of an oil-can and provided at its forward end withlateral tongues adapted to engage the cover of an oil cup for shiftingthe cover to open position, the greater surfaces of the tongues beingopposed and presented to the spout. 2. An attachment for oil-cansconsisting of a sleeve adapted to fit upon an oil-can spout and providedat its forward end with lateral tongues for engaging the cover of an oilcup, one of said tongues constituting a pusher and the other tongueconstituting a hook for engagement under an oil cup cover and pullingthe same to open position.

3. An attachment for oil-cans comprising a sleeve adapted to fit upon anoil-can spout and provided at its forward end with oppositely extendingarcuate tongues adapted to engage an oil cup cover and projectingrespectively upwardly and downwardly when the latter is in pouringposition.

In testimony whereof I Vafiix my signature.

GEORGE XV. RICHBURG. [L. s]

